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Maids in Singapore are treated terribly. Same with the Middle East. Kim Kardashian used surrogates to carry two of her children. If there is a higher level of exploitation, I don’t know what it is.
Excluding surrogacy in particular, I feel like there's the potential for wealthy communities to come to a healthier understanding re: domestic labor — people who serve roles within the family ought to be treated very much like family. To do otherwise demeans everyone involved.
But "treating like family" brings its own problems. Like expectations of unpaid overtime ("but the kids want to see you!") Etc. And not paying into the employee's SS or 401k.
I dunno, I think family members can be exploitative of both domestic staff *and other family members* — when I say "treat like family," I mean to acknowledge that the relationship can never be *purely* transactional, that there's necessarily a sacred human layer there.
People speak of the past as if household employees were treated so much worse than today. However, I think this depends very much on the household. Back when people had live in maids, they often felt responsible for taking care of them in their old age.
I was always treated better by people who saw me as an employee than a family member. The latter category has mixed feelings, guilt, and jealousy about nannies. The former category had made their peace with it and could be professional.
Nonsense. It's not demeaning to hire people to work for you then treat them like they work for you.
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